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Check these two web pages about Defining and non-defining relative clauses. Read the theory and complete the activities: Click HERE to read about DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES Click HERE to read about NON DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES Then read English Grammar in Use Units 92- 97   and do the activities there.

Have a look at the following article. What is it about? Why do you think the author chose that title? What do you notice about the structure?  How many paragraphs are there? What is the topic of each paragraph?  Can you identify the topic sentence in each one? Can you find some text features? Find as many noun phrases as you can. Are they in the subject or in the predicate? Find as many prepositional phrases as you can? What are their function? Check English Grammar in Use Units 121-136 Complete  Traveller Unit 2 Check the blog Imrpove your writing, entries about Noun Phrases and Prepositional Phrases Analyse the following prepositional phrases:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L5mOvVtB1tPTQftYVOWoebipZzYOfEmuNrbuJwUbSJA/edit?usp=sharing

  A   sentence   in   English   language can   divided   into   various   parts.  Each  part of a   sentence   serves its   relative   purpose and has some   specific   characteristics.   While   all of this   seems   simple,   there   is   still   a lot of   confusion   that   arise   between   different   parts of a sentence. One of the most   puzzling   pair of   speeches   is a   clause   and a phrase. Clauses and  phrases  are two very  different  parts of a  sentence  but some of  their  similar  features  make it  difficult  for the  learners  of  English  language to  distinguish  between the two. In this article, we will  discuss  both  clauses  and  phrases  and what  separates  the two of them. More importantly, we will talk  about  some easy ways to tell the both of them apart. Clause A  clause  is a  group  of  words  in a  sentence  which  contains  a  subject  and a verb. Example: The boy is playing. In the  above  simple sentence, boy is the  subject  and  playing  is t

  First we should define Syntax Analysis:  parsing, syntax analysis, or syntactic analysis is the process of analyzing a string of symbols, either in natural language, computer languages or data structures, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar. The traditional grammatical exercise of parsing involves breaking down a text into its component parts of speech with an explanation of the form, function, and syntactic relationship of each part.  We should  differentiate  between category and function Category differs from function because category denotes what a word is while function denotes what a word does.  What kind of [sentence] constituent is this? — This question denotes category. What role does this [sentence] constituent perform? — This question denotes function.  Category denotes the kind a word is while function denotes the role a word performs in a sentence: "Cat" is a lexical, open class kind of sentence constituent and is a noun that performs the role of Subj

Using Assessment Rubrics A rubric for assessment, usually in the form of a matrix or grid, is a tool used to interpret and grade students' work against criteria and standards. Rubrics are sometimes called "criteria sheets", "grading schemes", or "scoring guides". Rubrics can be designed for any content domain. A rubric makes explicit a range of assessment criteria and expected performance standards. Assessors evaluate a student's performance against all of these, rather than assigning a single subjective score. A rubric: handed out to students during an assessment task briefing makes them aware of all expectations related to the assessment task, and helps them evaluate their own work as it progresses helps teachers apply consistent standards when assessing qualitative tasks, and promotes consistency in shared marking. You can use rubrics to structure discussions with students about different levels of performance on an assessment task. They can emp

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Some of the possible functions of the relative pronoun within the defining relative clause: 1-SUBJECT: The boy who broke the window is called John. 2-DIRECT OBJECT: The boy (that )you met yesterday is my brother 3-INDIRECT OBJECT: The man (that) you lent your dictionary to seldom returns the books that he borrows. Analise the following sentences: The books that I lent you belong to him The man you that you want has just left. Those who want to apply for the job must hand in their application forms before May. The flowers that I cut this mornig are still fresh. The windows that were broken by those naughty boys have now been repaired. The girl that I gave the photograph to is Susan´s cousin.

  Five Things You Need to Know about Writing Articles Read the complete article here. Feature Article Rubric  Click HERE to access the rubric Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense Text features   are the elements of books, newspapers, and magazines that enhance a reader's experience by pointing out important information and making the text simpler to understand : table of contents, index, glossary, titles, headings/subheadings, text (bold, color, italics), bullets, asterisks, pictures, illustrations, captions, side bars, diagrams, maps, tables, and time lines. As adult readers, we know the importance of using text features in order to help us understand the main body of text.    Headings help us to make predictions while reading, and then easily find information after reading.    Captions explicitly tell us what we are looking at in a photograph or picture that aligns to the text.    An index helps us to find the exact page that contains information on a topic we are researching.